Avvai Shanmugi (1996) is a Tamil film directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Meena, Gemini Ganesan, Delhi Ganesh, Nagesh, Manivannan, and Nassar. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. It was an Indian take on the successful comedy, Mrs. Doubtfire. The film had a big star cast and was a critical and commercial success. It was released on Deepavali day 1996 together with Prabu Deva's Mr. Romeo. A year later Kamal r...
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Avvai Shanmugi (1996) is a Tamil film directed by K.S. Ravikumar. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Meena, Gemini Ganesan, Delhi Ganesh, Nagesh, Manivannan, and Nassar. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. It was an Indian take on the successful comedy, Mrs. Doubtfire. The film had a big star cast and was a critical and commercial success. It was released on Deepavali day 1996 together with Prabu Deva's Mr. Romeo. A year later Kamal remade the movie as Chachi 420 in Hindi.
The film starts off with a courtroom sequence where Meena is fighting for divorce from Kamal. She offers various flimsy reasons for wanting divorce which is granted. She married Kamal against her father's (Gemini Ganesan) wishes but being rich and spoilt, she wasn't able to come to terms with living in a small house with no amenities. Kamal is an assistant dance director and so he is not able to spend much time with the family too. All this accumulates and she decides she's had it and gets the divorce....
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